Archive | July, 2013

David Archuleta Retrospective Series Part Seventeen: Star Spangled Banner/God Bless America

July 4, 2013 by Masterclass Lady 10 Comments


By Pamela Pike and Rosanne Simunovic Pamela Pike’s Recollections In the year of 1812, an attempt to take Baltimore the British attacked Fort McHenry, which protected the harbor. After witnessing the bombardment, a young lawyer, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem from which the lyrics came for The Star Spangled Banner. The song is a […]

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Performance Masterclass Discussion For America’s Got Talent Season 8: Week Five

July 2, 2013 by Masterclass Lady Comments Off on Performance Masterclass Discussion For America’s Got Talent Season 8: Week Five


We are off to the races once again. This week’s America’s Got Talent episode will be devoted to the acts in Chicago. And, according to the trailer featured below, it promises to be a fiery and exciting two hours! As we move closer to the Las Vegas rounds, I think we are going to see […]

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[VIDEO]Happy Canada Day To My Canadian Readers

July 1, 2013 by Masterclass Lady 10 Comments


Shameless promotion alert! The video, featured below, is of a choir that I founded and conducted for 25 years, The Timmins Youth Singers, which later evolved into The Timmins Concert Singers. We were in Toronto celebrating our 15th Anniversary by taking part in the International Choral Festival in 1993. In addition, we were asked to […]

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